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    La Belle et la Betteis a 1946 French Romantic Fantasy film directed by Jean Cocteau

    based on the fairytale byMadame LePrince de Beaumount. The story of Beauty and the

    Beast is an old tale of a young kind girl who is taken in place her fathers imprisonment in a

    mystical castle where a beastly man lives. At first the beast seems to be heartless and evilbut through time does Belle learn to care for him as to see past his ugliness and embrace

    the person underneath it all. As said by (Thatcher, 2013) Beauty and the Beast is a story

    that teaches the incorruptibility of courage, patience, stoicism, understanding and above all

    else, not judging a book by its cover . It is one story that has told countless times as it is

    relatable a young woman

    who stands up for her

    rights and her fathers rights

    as well as taking

    responsibility as

    a woman who needs towork for what she gets.

    As well as no t marrying a

    man she does not love all

    these attributes make a

    woman that is highly

    regarded in our world

    today.

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    As you enter the strange world of the Beast and his castle you start to see shadows and

    smoke which creates a mystical and magical feeling. One where it seems someone if

    watching you. Its almost terrifying watching Belles father get lowered into the dark of the

    castle. As he sits by the fire to warm himself he starts to notice how strange the castle truly

    is, how there are eyes watching him and hands that wait on him. This creepy feeling is

    lingered through the film accompanied by Georges Auric's memorable music didn't so

    much underline the visuals as frequently cut across them, reaching a synthesis at vital

    moments (Malcom, 1999).

    The scene when Belle runs into the house to embrace her fait, you watch her in slow

    motion as to capture her beauty and to be mesmerized by her. As she floats through the

    enchanted castle dress swaying with every move as to imply Belle belongs as she herself

    is so graceful so magical.

    The world of the castle always makes you feel slightly far away from the fairytale disney

    film as it is stylized in a way to give you that feeling that the Beasts wealth is a facade that

    hides a lot of good and a lot of evil a metaphor that still plays a part when comparing this

    to all wealth in a capitalist society. Hes done something very clever here even tears turn

    to diamonds in the hands of Cocteau (Thatcher, 2013).

    As the Beast (and also as the Young Prince and as the churlish suitor of the heroine),

    JeanMarais has the grace of a dancer, (Crowther, 1947). Avenant plays the lovely young

    man who wants to marry Belle and whom Belle loves but cannot marry as that would meanher leaving her father. Avenant soon turns bitter and is not the man Belle once knew.

    Strangely enough when the Beast dies the magic cast onto him to make him ugly

    disappears and turns him into the image of her Avenant, the man she loved before he

    turned bad. This in itself is a the metaphor is beauty within, it remains a problem

    because love is blind and no womans love can magically make a Prince of her

    beast,(Thatcher, 2013). As the magic of the castle and the beast turned him into a

    handsome man one that mirrored the image of the man Belle loves as this was her reward.

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    Illustration Bibliography

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    Bibliography

    Thatcher, Lisa(2013) Film Review

    http://lisathatcher.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/la-belle-et-la-bete-jean-cocteau-re-imagines-

    fairytales-film-review/

    (Accessed on 30-10-2013)

    Malcom, Derek(July 1, 1999)

    http://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/jul/01/1

    (Accessed on 30-10-2013)

    Crowther, Bosley(December 24, 1947).http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?

    res=9B03EFD71E3EEE3BBC4C51DFB467838C659EDE

    (Accessed on 30-10-2013)

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